| 摘要 |
Some embodiments provide a novel process for ordering items available in a menu or specials at a particular location. In some embodiments, the location can be any one of a table in a restaurant, a lounge, a bar, a hotel room with room service, a seat in a sports arena, and any other location which is served by a business. In some embodiments, the process operates by scanning one of a QR code, a bar code, and an NFC tag available on a designated order scan location. In some embodiments, the designed order scan location is one of a seat, a table, and a hotel room placard or sticker. In some embodiments, the process is implemented as a software application that runs on a mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the software application is downloaded if not previously available on the mobile computing device and that locations menu is opened by identifying the location from the scanned code and is tailored based on time of day or further customized to users language preference or their dietary requirements. |
| 主权项 |
1. A location-based ordering system that provides a set of orderable items based on a scanned location encoding, the system comprising:
a tag that is positioned at a particular location of a venue, said tag comprising a location encoding that specifies the particular location of the venue; a mobile computing device comprising an image capture device that scans the location encoding of the tag, a wireless receiver and transmitter that communicates with the venue from which items can be ordered, and a display screen that displays a menu associated with the venue, said menu comprising the set of orderable items; a menu order item database that stores information to order the set of orderable items; and a menu-order server that provides the menu to the mobile computing device and processes orders for items in the set of orderable items. |
